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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1983

WIDE RANGE OF NEW BUILDING PROJECTS *****

A TOTAL OF 694 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR, COMPARED WITH 836 IN 1981.

THE DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR WAS $10 123 MILLION, AS AGAINST $7 248 MILLION IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THE USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED WAS ABOUT 2,236 MILLION SQUARE METRES. IN 1981 IT WAS 2.066 MILLION SQUARE METRES.

IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE APPROVED 51 NEW BUILDING PLANS, COMPARED WITH 77 IN THE SAME MONTH IN 1981.

TWENTY-THREE OF THEM WERE FOR BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THREE FOR THOSE IN KOWLOON AND 25 FOR BUILDINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THEY INCLUDED PLANS FOR A SCHOOL EXTENSION IN WONG MA KOK ROAD, A MARKET IN SAI WAN HO, AN INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE AT THE JUNCTION OF SIU YIP STREET AND TAI YIP STREET IN KWUN TONG, AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION BETWEEN KWONG FUK ROAD AND PO YICK STREET IN TAI PO AND A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE EXTENSION AT KAM SHEUNG ROAD IN SHEK KONG.

THE USABLE FLOOR AREA OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED LAST DECEMBER TOTALLED 414 132.4 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 292 291.8 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 121 840.6 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF THESE BUILDINGS WAS $1 683.51 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $1 011.79 MILLION IN DECEMBER 1981.

LAST DECEMBER, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 34 NEW PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX IN REPULSE BAY, A CHAPEL IN CHING CHEUNG ROAD AND A SCHOOL AT HONG LOK YUEN IN TAI PO.

A TOTAL OF 65 NEWLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS WERE CERTIFIED FOR OCCUPATION DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING A FIRE AND AMBULANCE STATION AT DISCOVERY BAY ON LANTAU ISLAND AND AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION AT HA HANG IN TAI PO.

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT TO THE DEMOLITION OF 39 BUILDINGS.

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